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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001330
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
200 GAFFNEY RD, EGLIN AFB, FL 32542 · (850) 833-4320 · Okaloosa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
139 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 111 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 52% larger than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 75.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 436 | 31.9% | 68.2% |
| HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 494 | 31.6% | 67.7% |
| MAYPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATLANTIC BEACH | 429 | 31.9% | 62.0% |
| MADISON STREET ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS OCALA | 467 | 30.8% | 81.4% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 433 | 35.6% | 58.1% |
| TINKER K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 560 | 27.0% | 72.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #522 of 2,136 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #804 of 2,149 ▼ 425 | #9 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #522 of 2,149 ▲ 91 | #8 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #1,656 of 2,267 | #20 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,560 of 2,077 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #170 of 2,108 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #1,773 of 2,188 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #748 of 1,374 | #6 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
436
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 436 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 32% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 26% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 29% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 58% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in EGLIN AFB, Florida. The school has 436 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 28% lower.
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to OKALOOSA, which has 49 schools and 32,120 students.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, and 14% Black. County-wide, 72% of Okaloosa County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
With 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 32% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Okaloosa County average 50%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.2% for EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 68.2%, 3.0 points above the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Okaloosa County show that the median household earns about $81,998 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Okaloosa County, 51 public schools serve about 32,120 students.
A public school about 2.2 miles away, SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 21 students, from 457 to 436. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Nearby schools
- SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 557
- LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 555
- CLIFFORD MEIGS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 612
- ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL3.6 mi · 653
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 471
- OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER4.0 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-04.
Is EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OKALOOSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.